Nick Spencer Targeted?

Nick Spencer believes his car windshield was purposely shot by someone last night. He believes it was likely the drug dealers around his bar.

CincyBlog's International Top Ten 2004

Here is my list of the top ten events/people/places/things/whatevers of 2004. The ranking is my own and uses very nonscientific methods

1. Indian Ocean Tsunami
2. American Presidential Election
3. Iraq War (including Abu Ghraib)
4. Ukraine Election Crisis
5. Yasser Arafat's Death
6. Madrid Bombings
7. Russian School Seizure
8. Sudan Genocide
9. Florida Hurricanes
10. Iran & North Korea's Nuclear Weapon Programs

Honorable Mention: 9/11 Report Issued, Reagan's Death, Marlon Brando's Death, Anti-Gay Laws Pass, Hati Falls into Turmoil, FCC goes Puritanical, Lance Armstrong with 6th Tour de France, and the EU Expansion.

Also the Top Ten stories of no importance that got way, way to much news coverage:

1. Scott Peterson's Trial
2. Martha Stewart's Trial and Jail Term
3. Kobe Bryant's Trial
4. NBA Brawl at Pistons-Pacer's Game
5. Michael Jackson's Indictment
6. The "Attack" on Christmas
7. Anything with Paris Hilton in the Title
8. Nick and Jessica
9. Janet Jackson's Boob
10. Mel Gibson

Conservative News Top Ten

Damn, FOX News never fails to show its stripes as a conservative news outlet when they for the top news stories of 2004 they include the Oil for Food scandal and have the number one story titled "W for President." They also showed their tabloid stripes by including all of the celebrity trials as a top story. We can look forward to yet another year filled with FOX's brand of right wing news.

The Diner Is Open For Business

If anyone has been there or plans to go to the Diner on Sycamore, let us know how it was or when you plan on going.

Cincinnati Top Ten 2004

Based on comments, emails, and mostly my own opinion, here are the top ten people/events/groups/or whatever of the Cincinnati area for 2004.

1. The Repeal of Article XII
2. Mike Allen Affair
3. Snow Storm
4. O'dell Owens elected coroner
5. The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center opens
6. Bob Huggins has DUI
7. Democrat Todd Portune Re-elected to Commission
8. Marge Schott Dies
9. Midpoint Music Festival
10. Cincinnati Fringe Fest

Honorable Mentions: Tasers, IHOP, The Growing Cincinnati Blogosphere, Luken Out & Mallory in Mayor's Race, Voter Turnout High, and billions of cicadas.

New Year's Resolutions

You may hate them, you may try them every year and fail, but I offer up the chance to make your New Year's Resolution public, thus increasing your chances of keep it. Maggie Downs writes about how she gets help keeping hers. You also could join Brad Thacker at The Comic Resolution' s New Year's Eve show 9PM at the Southgatehouse.

I will be spending my New Years with folks from CT at the City View Tavern.

I resolve to of course loose a few pounds, so please ignore it tonight when I am drinking beer and eating hamburgers and brownies.

Enquirer 2004 Top 10 Local News Stories

The Enquirer puts Mike Allen's problems at the top of its list with Bush's win as number 2. Bush's win is not the number 2 local story. It is not even making my top 10. Now that is for two reasons, one is that that news was really bad for the whole country, but the second is that it just was not a local story. It was a huge story, but to compare it to the snow storm is just not relative. Including Iraq as well is not how I would have compiled this list. I will have my own list either later today or tomorrow.

UPDATE: The Post has a list too.